At Qlik's Qonnections customer and partner conference last week, channel chief Toni Adams spoke with CRN about the company's evolving partner program, Qlik's evolution to a business intelligence platform vendor, and the solution provider opportunities in business analytics software.

The CRN editorial team has created the fourth annual Big Data 100, identifying vendors that have demonstrated an ability to innovate in bringing to market products and services that help business work with big data.

XChange 2017 featured dozens of vendors – including Extreme, Ingram Micro, Ruckus Wireless and many others – promoting their automation platforms, data backups, cybersecurity solutions and other offerings. Here are 30 products that stood out from the pack.

Red Hat Technologies recently launched their new office location in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Paul Cormier, President of Products and Technologies says that the new location will foster collaboration.